Dust-pan



(No Model.)

A. V.PARKER. DUST PAN.

No. 567,357. 1 Patented Sept. '8, 1896.

50525226 6665 JRVCW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADELAIDE vIoToRIA PARKER, OF PETERSBURG, KENTUCKY.

DUST-PAN,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,357, dated September 8, 1896. Application filed May 18, 1896. Serial No. 592,096. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADELAIDE VICTORIA PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Boone and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dust-Pans and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in dust-pans; and the object is to provide a dust-pan of simplified construction, and which may be utilized for the purpose of receiving the dust or sweepings and the accumulations retained in the pan until it is desired to dump them out, and which may be hung up and utilized as a receptacle when desired.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my in- .vention in the accompanying drawings, form ing a part of this specification, and wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective of the dust-pan.

' Fig. 2 is a longitudinal-central section through the same. Fig. 3 illustrates the position of the dust-pan when the accumulations of dirt are being dumped or discharged.

Adesignates the main portion of the dustpan, constituting the bottom thereof, and consisting of asingle piece of suitable sheet metal having a bottom 1 adapted to rest flat on the floor or other surface, upward-inclined sides 2 2 and rear wall or portion 3, inclined rearwardly to afford a' conveniently-inclined surface for the discharge of the sweepings, when desired. In the plate or part A'is suitably secured an upward-inclined plate or floor 4,

the front end of which extends adjacent to the front edge of the bottom 1, as shown, and the two soldered together by any proper cem entation, substantially as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The rear edge of the plate at is cut away, as at a, to provide an opening,

' through which the dirt falls into the receptacle. I

E designates the handle or bail, consisting of a substantial metal wire, extending to a convenient height for manipulation and for handling the implement. The handle is arched at the upper end, as at 5, to constitute a wrist-piece to fit against the wrist of the user and to afford means to suspend the I plement is in use, and by this engagement the pan is carried in horizontal position. At the front portion of the pan, on the sides thereof, are secured other notched keepers 9 9 in which the arms of the bail engage and are held when the pan is reversed and turned to the position for discharging the contents. The handle is turned up in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings when the implement is used to receive the sweepings, and the handle is turned back when it is desired to hang the pan in suspended position, and is turned forward when emptying the dirt out of the pan. A wedge-shaped support 10 may be inthe incline at any suitable point, substantially as shown, to maintain the incline in position and prevent the parts from being indented or bentout of shape.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A dust-pan, comprising a flat bottom piece formed with side pieces having inclined edges and rearwardly-inclined back Wall, an inclined floor-piecesecured to the bottom and sides of the bottom piece and having its front end stopping short of the front edge of the bottom piece and secured thereto, a bail hinged to the sides of the pan and formed of a single wire crossed near its upper end and a handle arranged on the crossed wires, and notched keepers on the sides of the pan at front and rear to engage and hold the bail, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADELAIDE VICTORIA PARKER.

Witnesses:

T. II. HASTIE, EUGENE BERKSHIRE. 

